First Day of Grad School

Today is my first day of school! I'm not nearly as excited as I thought I'd be, but I think that's due to the fact that I have had to do over 100 pages of reading before class even started. It's unbelievable that I am back in school. I just graduated!!! But I am now studying something I find more interesting and will be more useful to me in my career. It doesn't feel like the first day of school because I don't have class until 6pm. Yes, 6pm... then I will sit in a lecture hall for 2 hours. Doesn't that just sound delightful? Note the sarcasm. We'll see if I can make it through Day 1 without falling asleep in class.

I'm really hoping to finish this degree in a year and a half. But I also really want to study abroad. We have a program at school where I can get all the credits I take abroad to go toward my degree. It's in the Philippines. I've never been there and I heard the program is pretty tough. But I think it would be an amazing experience and something I wouldn't regret. I'm planning on doing that next winter. Then there is a final "thing" we have to do for our degree and people say it's not easy to do it if I were abroad... but I think I'm going to try. Finishing in 3 semesters would save money (tuition is brutal here) and then I could go on my merry way, toward my actual career.

Wish me good luck in my first class! And just hope grad school isn't as hard as I'm expecting it to be!